"There are tigers in the woods?"
"I've never heard of that."
As he spoke, Grandpa carefully searched through his memories again.
Then he nodded with certainty.
Sure enough, none of the witnesses had said they'd seen a tiger in the woods.
"I haven't heard of it either."
Grandma shook her head.
"Lei Lei is okay?"
Grandpa was both surprised and worried.
Tigers ate people.
"Lei Lei is okay."
Grandma's expression grew a little strange.
Grandpa's face had relaxed when he heard that the child was fine, but now his brows slowly furrowed again.
"What's wrong?"
"Isn't it good that the child is fine?"
Since there was a tiger in the woods, he could understand why Grandma had been so adamant about not letting the child go there.
"The child is fine..."
Grandma murmured.
The image of the child talking to the air last night flashed before her eyes.
She took a deep breath.
"He..."
"What happened, exactly?"
Grandpa's heart jumped. An inexplicable sense of foreboding stirred in him, and urgency showed in his expression. "Come on, old woman. If something's wrong, just say it."
"Don't keep hemming and hawing and leave me hanging, all right?"
Grandma glanced at the child, hesitating over whether she should voice her concerns in front of him.
The child didn't know what was troubling her.
When he saw Grandma looking his way, he seized the opportunity to make his request. "Grandma, you and Grandpa talk. I'll go outside first."
"You're not going anywhere!"
Grandma barked.
"Now, now."
Grandpa gently patted the child's head. He looked startled and wronged, and Grandpa turned to Grandma with a hint of disapproval. "Don't just lose your temper."
"Tell us what happened."
"Did the child do something wrong?"
"You have to explain it before he can know."
"Right now, you're